Topics in Byz. Christ:Iconoclasm (CHST 7111)

Term: Academic Year 2010-2011 Spring

Faculty

Schedule

Wed, 2:10 PM - 4:30 PM (1/26/2011 - 5/20/2011) Location: MAIN CLASS 222

Description

This seminar examines the historical, theological, social, and political aspects of Byzantine Iconoclasm of the eighth and ninth centuries. Attention will be paid to the various explanations for the development of Iconoclasm, and, in particular, the relationship between imperial and ecclesiastical authority